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Health information and health outcomes: An application of the regression discontinuity design to the 1995 UK contraceptive pill scare case
Del Bono, Emilia; Francesconi, Marco; Best, Nicky G. - 2011
This paper provides a general formulation of the regression discontinuity (RD) design and applies this method to analyse the effects of the 1995 UK pill scare. We show that in the five months following a health warning on the third generation pill, conception rates rose by more than 7%, abortion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288970
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A Portfolio Approach to Mortality Shocks and Fertility Choice : Theory and Evidence from Africa
Wang, Ruixin - 2013
The effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on fertility in Africa remains ill understood. To align the contrasting findings … of recent empirical research, we develop a portfolio model that captures the potential trade-off between "quantity" and … "quality" of offspring. According to this theoretical model, the overall impact of mortality shocks on fertility is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076100
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A portfolio approach to mortality shocks and fertility choice : theory and evidence from Africa
Wang, Ruixin; Zhou, Yang; Bulte, Erwin H. - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010188288
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HIV and fertility in Africa: first evidence from population based surveys
Juhn, Chinhui; Kalemli-Özcan, Sebnem; Turan, Belgi - 2009
The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines … responses in fertility will reinforce this decline by reducing the willingness to engage in unprotected sex. We utilize recent … rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys that link an individual woman's fertility outcomes to her HIV status based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274407
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HIV and Fertility in Africa: First Evidence from Population Based Surveys
Juhn, Chinhui; Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; Turan, Belgi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines … responses in fertility will reinforce this decline by reducing the willingness to engage in unprotected sex. We utilize recent … rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys that link an individual woman’s fertility outcomes to her HIV status based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008517970
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HIV/AIDS, Adult Mortality and Fertility: Evidence from Malawi
Durevall, Dick; Lindskog, Annika - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2007
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of HIV/AIDS on fertility in Malawi. The future course of fertility … geographical variation in the distribution of HIV/AIDS in Malawi. Fertility is estimated for individual women, and measured as the … major finding is that HIV/AIDS reduces fertility. Uninfected women both give birth to and desire to have fewer children in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651753
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Economic foundations of contraceptive transitions : theories and a review of the evidence
Karra, Mahesh; Wilde, Joshua - 2023
We review the foundations of the economic development-contraception nexus, focusing on the pathways through which … economic development and contraceptive dynamics are mediated. Using global data, we document the correlations between economic … development and contraception transitions over time and across geographies. We briefly examine the evidence of the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013500602
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Economic Foundations of Contraceptive Transitions: Theories and a Review of the Evidence
Karra, Mahesh; Wilde, Joshua - 2023
We review the foundations of the economic development-contraception nexus, focusing on the pathways through which … economic development and contraceptive dynamics are mediated. Using global data, we document the correlations between economic … development and contraception transitions over time and across geographies. We briefly examine the evidence of the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296633
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The Impact of HIV on Children´s Welfare
Harttgen, Kenneth - Ibero-Amerika Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (IAI), … - 2007
Children living in HIV/AIDS affected households bear the heaviest burden of the epidemic. Besides direct vertical transmission, HIV/ AIDS potentially worsens the children’s welfare indirectly through its socio-economic impact. This paper uses household survey data including information about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005635380
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Does disclosure of success rates induce patients to move to a better clinic? Evidence from In Vitro Fertilization
Yoshida, Jun - 2021
Many couples have had unsuccessful fertility treatments. In 2009, the U.K. government launched an online service to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013220337